LANE MERGING ASSISTANT
Description
A vehicle merge control system includes a host communication system in a host vehicle for exchanging vehicle position and kinematics data with a remote communication system in at least one remote vehicle. A vehicle host processor determines respective positions and paths of travel at least one remote vehicle and the host vehicle. The host processor determines a time to intersect based on the positions and predicted paths of travel between the host vehicle and remote vehicle during a merging maneuver.
A host vehicle is configured to transmit a host vehicle intention message from the host communication system to the remote communication system for negotiating a merging position between the host vehicle and the at least one remote vehicle. The host vehicle executes the merging maneuver using the negotiated merging position.
Objectives
The objective of lane merging assiatant is for a vehicle to safely merge into a busy highway via speed commands received from an RSU.
Inputs
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OBU (Accelerometers, Gyrometers, GPS receiver, external USB devices).
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RSU (Cameras, wifi-p).
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Merging trajectory.
Benefits
Lane Merging Assistant
Developed by
Project Status
Communication Protocol
TNO, TomTom, Peek Traffic
Demonstrated
IEEE 802.11p CALM FAST, Cellular Communication ((4G LTE, 3G, HSDPA, GPRS)
Project Outcomes
A graphical demo with control strategies was made but never demonstrated in a real-time scenario.
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Reduces the risk of accidents on highways
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Doesn't affect traffic flow on the highway.
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Slight improvement in fuel efficiency.
Limitations
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Used only in highways for lane merging, not applicable for urban roads.
Scorecard
Refer to “Evaluation” for details on scoring.